Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-02

session viii fail, and that no measure whatever
VIII pass through the House. The movement OF
the Randall men will go on until checked by some
actlon Dy the House, but that 1t will lead to any
legislation Is doubted. What it is expected to
resut IN, Dy some OF those most interested in the
Wen informed tariff reformer told STAR reporter
Io,day That he expected an extra session to be
! called to meet in October. Other members ex-
Meanwhile it is expected that the surplus now
Ine treasury Will be greatly reduced by the call
ments 0Haas on tnas be redeemed and by the
monIas m service pension bills 1t is believed that
| no estlmate anywhere approaching the amount OF
| IneSe pensions has yet been made.
| Silver and the Surplus.
| FINANCIAL FACTS AND OPINIONS FROM SECRETARY
| MANNING.
In replying to the House resolution calling for
lnIOrmatlOn as to how many 81 and 81 Treasury
| hotes nave been cancelled since August 4, 1856,
| ana now much money has been expended in issuing
treasury notes of large denomination in lieu OF
notes OF small denominations cancelled or retired,
secretary Manning gives a table of all that were
DESTROYED, showing that of ali denominations from
70 $oOOO legal-tender notes $3.50 900 were de-
StrOyed and the same amount OF fresh notes was
issued, but not the same quantity OF each denomi.
natlOn. or ones and twOS and $780, s., 600 and
S2OOO notes there were none reissued, being re-
| placed most largely by hves and tens. Between
notes to the extent OF ST. 79S 939 were destroyed,
about half of each During the same period there
Were no two-doliar and very few one-dolar silver
certlncates destroyed; whereas there were enough
one ana twO-dollar certificates issued during that
Ilme TO more than replace the one and two-dollar
70 congress again to repeal the act OF February
-, 1873 which compels the continued purchase
OF silver 1t Is necessary, he says in order to avert
| Imminent monetary difficulties. He appeals again
10 congress to do something before the adjourn
ment, Which is now but month distant, to re-
auce taxes, which are now s125 100000 year
fflrQ of 10 nvon nnf
anu reneWS the expression OF his hope that 1t will
lat once begin to untaX the clothing OF sixty mil
| lion people by repeal OF the duty on raw WOOL"
| The Pension Building.
! ACTION OF THE SENATE YESTERDAY - SENATORS
VIEWS AS TO THE OCCUPANCY OF THE STRUCTURE.
In the Senate the provision OF the sundry civil
Dill, requiring the Office for the payment Of pen
sions in the District OF Columbia to be located In
the new pension building upon completion Of the
pending improvements there was stricken out,
Messrs Allison, Beck and others Of the appropr1a-
tons committee contended that it would be an
1ll-adV1Sed proceeding to locate that Office there
They said that at times hundreds OF men not con-
nected with the government service have to visit
the local pension office, and that it would be false
| economy to have such crowds pouring into the
pension building and standing about it, where
| such important pub ic business is transacted
An effort was made to strike out the entire
clause for the removal OF the bureau OF education
the railroad commissioner and other Offices to the
| new pension bui ding. Mr.. Morrill, said that
build ng should be reserved exclusively for the
| pension business Mr. Beck said that the Senate
committee had stricken out the Indian Office the
geological survey and the land Office from among
the bureaus to be created in the pension building
and on that they would INSIST but should the
entire clause & 6e stricken h out it would provoke
forcing the Senate to yield. He remarked that it
was manifestly Improper to locate the Indian
office and land Office in the building and the SEN
ate had better content itself with preventing their
removal.
Rank i'm the Adjutant Generals Office.
THE BILL PASSED IN THE HOUSE AND REPORTED FAVOR
ABLY IN THE SENATE
| In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Manderson from
the military committee, reported favorably the
bill to rearrange the grades OF officers In the adiu-
tant generals Office. 1t provides that the adjutant
generals department shall consist of one adlutant
general with the rank, pay, and emoluments Of
brigadier general; four assistant adjutants gen.
eral, with The rank, pay, and emolume1ts OF colo
mel; six assistant adIutantS general, with the
rank, pay, and emoluments OF lieutenant colonel;
and six assistant adjutants general, with the
rank, pay, and emoluments OF major: Provided
that the vacancies in the grade of colonel and
| lieutenant colonel created by this act shall be
filled by the promotion by seniority OF the officers
The. committee presented written report. in
which they say that the long continued inequality
IN rank In the Office is universally recognized, and
that the bill Is intended to remedy 1t.
The Dill passed the House at the evening session.
The Logan Pension Bill.
THE REPORTS FOR AND AGAINST.
In their adverse report the Senate bill to pen
sion the widows OF General Logan and General
Blair, the House committee on invalid pensions
state that to pension the widows Of major gen.
erals and rear adm1ras would increase the pension
roll s345, 900 annually. 1t was well known, they
say, that thousands OF poor and aged widows of
brave and worthy soldiers were denied the pit
tance OF $12 per month because OF their inability
to connect the death OF their husbands with their
military service while In this case no sort OF claim
was advanced that the death OF Gen. Logan was
attributable to his military service. 1t is well
known fact that MIS- Logan is in possession OF an
ample estate, and While the committee entertain
the highest regard for her, both account OF her
high character and personal worth. as well as on
account OF the brave and gallant record OF General
Logan as soldier. and his useful and SpOteSs re-
cord as civilian and statesman, they believe that
the passage OF this and all similar bills would be
IN the direction OF building up in this country
ar1stocracy contrary to the very principles OF an
equal government for all, for which Gen Logan so
gallantiy fought in war and SO ably contended in
times OF peace"
The minority report in favor Of pensioning Mrs.
Logan says: "John A. Logan was one OF the most
distinguished, II not the most distinguished vOun-
teer general OF our late 1t is true he did not
like Hancock and Thomas, die in the service, but
his wounds received and disabilities incurred in
time OF war and his continued sufferings there
from during all the years since, even to the last
days OF his fatal Illness are facts OF such common
acceptance as to make it reasonably certain that
his death was direct result OF his military SER
vice, thus establishing the right OF his widow to
the same generous consideration as that already
Gems. Thomas and Hancock"
The minority urge in favor of the pension for
Mrs. Blair, the gallant services Of her husband.
A Business Evening in the House.
LARGE NUMBER OF BILLS PASSED AT THE NIGHT
SESSION.
The bill to consolidate the bureaus of the Navy
department was prevented from coming up in the
House yesterday afternoon by flibustering on
the republican side AT the evening session OF the
House bill was passed. providing that when any
army or navy officer on the retired list refuses
neglects to provide for his family the Secretary Of
War tOr of the navy may apportion the pay Of
such officer between him and his wife and chill
aDle Another BILL providing that assistant sur
geOnS OF the army who have served twenty
years shall be appointed to the Office OF surgeon
with rank OF major, was passed. Other bills were
passed, as follows: Senate bill authorizing the
President to confer breyet rank on army Officers
Ior gallant services In Indian campaigns; Senate
OIL authorizing the Secretary Of War to adjust
and settle the account for arms ammunition and
accoutrementS between the United States and
montana Territory; Senate bill apprOpr1attng
$4,000 for the construction or a military tele-
graph line between Sanford and Point Jupiter,
Fla. Senate bill, with amendments, allowing the
city OF Newport, Il. l., to use the property known
House bill for the sale Of the United States bar
rack property at Newport, KY, and apprOpr1attng
$4,000 for the purchase OF new site and the
| erection OF new buildings thereon; House bill to
reOfgan11e the hospital steward corps OF the
army; House bill appropriat1ng 500 1000 for the
erection of branch soldiers home west Of the
Rocky mountains; house bill authorizing the
secretary OF the Treasury to return the Tw1gg
swords. Other bills OF minor Importance, 1nclud-
Ing number OF private bills, principally remOv-